Celebrity Car Auctions

The 20 Coolest Celebrity-Owned Cars Ever Sold At Auction

In the past several years, collector cars have become a truly blue-chip investment, with prices steadily accelerating despite whatever bends in the road the economy comes up with. And for added octane, nothing beats a classic car that was formerly owned by a celebrity — the bigger the name the better, for the most part, though the intrinsic value of the vehicle has to be taken into account as well. Like non-celeb owned cars, the most highly prized marques — Ferrari, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce — draw the biggest bucks, if you want a rule of thumb.

Still and all, nothing but nothing beats a car owned by Steve McQueen, aka The King of Cool. Just last year a Ferrari that he hardly ever drove brought in a cool $10 million (see below). During this year’s Monterey Classic Car Week (aka Pebble Beach) in California in August, Mecum Auctions will sell one of his very last cars, a 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo. How much could it bring in? The sky’s the limit. Read on for the details on it and the 20 greatest celebrity cars ever sold at auction. And make some space in the garage…

Steve McQueen’s 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo

Mecum Auctions hasn’t put a pre-sale estimate on McQueen’s Porsche because there’s no telling how high it could go when it crosses the block on August 13. “This car is rich in history,” says McQueen’s son Chad. “This is the last of the McQueen cars, really. That’s known. That’s real.” A 1971 Porsche 911 also owned by the King sold for $1.37 million in 2011.

Steve McQueen’s 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4

Sold for: $10.1 million by RM Auctions in 2014

Special ordered by the actor in 1967 while he was filming The Thomas Crown Affair, it remained the only Ferrari in his renowned stable of sports cars for almost five years. In 2007 his 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso sold for $2.3 million.

James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5

Sold for: $4.6 million by RM Auctions in 2010

The most famous movie car of all time came equipped with Q Branch’s spy gadgets including machine guns, a bulletproof shield, revolving number plates, an oil slick sprayer and a nail spreader — nonworking, sadly.